Some of UP forum mods may be Uber Employees

Check out the below mentioned Uber Pepole forum thread where an obvious Uber mole is able to escape a word ban (only mods can escape word bans) hiding under a false name and constantly posting pro Uber messages.

The word RSDU was banned on the UP forum (as well as the word RSDAA), in other words, names of organisations set to represent or/and fight on behalf of Uber drivers are banned on that forum BUT member "Tiktak" is somehow able to escape the ban and mention RSDU in his posts.

Only moderators can escape word bans which brings me to the conclusion that UP member "Tiktak" is a modrator and if judging by his past posts over the UP forum, clearly an Uber staff/employee.

The thread will probably disappear soon but i have screen shoots of the entire exchange and ready to post them here should they delete or edit the original thread over the UP forum .

Check out the below mentioned UP thread where an obvious Uber mole is able to escape a word ban (only mods can escape word bans) hiding under a false name and constantly posting pro Uber messages.

The word RSDU was banned on the UP forum (as well as the word RSDAA), in other words, names of organisations set to represent or/and fight on behalf of Uber drivers are banned on that forum BUT member "Tiktak" is somehow able to escape the ban and mention RSDU in his posts.

Only moderators can escape word bans which brings me to the conclusion that UP member "Tiktak" is a modrator and if judging by his past posts over the UP forum, clearly an Uber staff/employee.

The thread will probably disappear soon but i have screen shoots of the entire exchange and ready to post them here should they delete or edit the original thread over the UP forum .

Several people have suggested that GRAND is an Uber employee but I am certain he is on Centerlink welfare payments as well so perhaps he works for Uber for free because he is that much of a self-sucking-off tool

@skyco@HumungousDill
Individually private message members on the UP forum to recruit them over here. Use a forum link to make it easier and also tell them not to use the same username or avatar (as I have done), so that they can be a virus to the UP forum in recruiting future members over here.

@skyco@HumungousDill
Individually private message members on the UP forum to recruit them over here. Use a forum link to make it easier and also tell them not to use the same username or avatar (as I have done), so that they can be a virus to the UP forum in recruiting future members over here.

Why are you deleting our posts and banning the word RSDU on the UberPeople forum?.... RSDU! An organisation that works so hard (FREE OF CHARGE) to better the conditions of all Uber drivers in this country. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

And who is the member named "Tiktak"? ...how come he can avoid word bans in his posts on the UberPeople forum when everyone else can't. To my knowledge only users with elevated rights (aka moderators) can do that. Tiktak also seems to have a lot of inside Uber management information (???)

Care to elaborate?

Speak up Grand, I'm sure the RSDU moderators will not ban you in here. This place respect freedom of speech! Somthing the UberPeople forum is yet to learn alot about.

I don't know much Bout her but there are some fine ladies on the forums as wellz. Dont just judge based on her.

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What was most concerning about Sydney Uber Chick was her constant promotion that its safe for female drivers at all times of the day or night. She kept saying that she drives past 2am and has never had any issues, that all passengers treat her well etc. She said not to believe what other users have been saying. This is truly misleading and dangerous to female drivers who may actually look up to a regular female forum contributor such as her. There are some dodgy characters very late at night and i would not recommend it to any female driver in their first 6 months. Once you are a seasoned professional then thats different, you then have the skills required to manage whatever comes your way.

Hi @Riders Champion
I had missed reading your posts on UP and definitely had noticed your absence (also the guy known as CoolAnt seems to be MIA but perhaps is here under a different handle). So I was happy to know you were safe and well over in this corner of the internet.
However, now that I've read through a bunch of posts, I have to say that I'm pretty disappointed because it seems that rather than give each other helpful tips or exchange info about different pax issues, etc., it really seems that the primary objective of these Sydney Driver pages is just to slag off the UP forum and certain members there.
I don't know why you were banned, and I don't understand why UP feels the need to censor any reference to RSDU, because I can't see why both forums can't happily coexist, but c'mon, I mean, really? A "wanker poll"? Are you for real? That is some seriously immature nasty shite.
There's "free speech" and then there's free-for-all trolldom ugliness. Time to dust that big ol' chip off your shoulder and move on!
The same goes for your angst towards Sydney Uber Chick. I don't know how she offended you but I doubt she's an "Uber mole" as she airs just as many gripes about Uber as the rest of us. She's one of a handful of people on UP who posts common sense helpful stuff... Why so bitter?

So are you speaking from personal experience?
I'm female and have been Ubering part-time since 2014. I drive almost exclusively between midnight and dawn because those are the hours that work for me and my family's situation. I also like that at night, I almost never have to deal with idiots with road rage or traffic.
I have never been made to feel unsafe just because I'm a woman (and touch wood that it remains that way!) and I didn't feel any less capable "in the first six months of driving" than I do now.

To get banned (one week) came at a huge surprise to me. Then for it to happen again almost immediately (two weeks to permanent) made me MAD. (I've shared the details in another thread on the Melbourne forum).

When you have no power and no way of resolving the issue, there aren't many options available. Uber and UP share this in common. While I haven't ever been deactivated, I can imagine that it feels like this.

Yes, you're right. My behaviour on RSDU in that regard wasn't right. Had you read the posts BEFORE monday's strike you would have seen a plethora of bad vulgar language in some of those posts.

Free speech is valued by the moderators here and I pushed that beyond its limits. Had to know for myself how far it could be taken. But the difference here is that the moderators treat me with respect.

One asked me politely if I could censor myself because the forum would be getting media attention from that strike. And I willingly obliged. I cannot delete entire threads so the wanker poll remains, and besides - nearly everyone here has been burned by that said moderator, so its a good laugh at his expense.

I don't believe he is here but until it's made obvious, I'll go along with whatever that troll is trying to achieve by posing as him.

My first instinct told me you are Sydney Uber Chick. Your writing style shows similarities. I have an eye for that. But I could be wrong.

My posts are still there on UP, and you can see that I put a great deal of effort into fostering helpful discussions and using real detailed examples to figure out stuff.

I will become that person again at RSDU, and lessen the vindictive nature of some comments.

But it will take time to let go of the anger and hatred that so quickly formed due to my treatment over at UP.

RSDU feels like it cares about drivers. UP always felt like a tussle between Uber employees, pro-Uber drivers and then the majority who just complain and whinge all day and night.

I started as a pro-Uber driver then fell into the den of pessimism and found it hard to get out.

I can't speak for the others but I am trying to be more positive. Time will tell if being at RSDU will make any difference.